Actor-musician Daniel Angus Cox, left, appeared in many skits and bits on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.' He usually played the everyman roles.

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Daniel Angus Cox, who was a professional actor in New York on TV programs such as "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," spent his New Year's holiday back in his hometown of Tallahassee.

He went to the Little River Band concert on Kleman Plaza on New Year's Eve. The upbeat and quick-to-laugh actor met up with old friends at Waterworks for drinks in Midtown. He ate a lot of good meals with his family, despite a nagging respiratory infection that was following him around.

On the trip back to his home in New York, where he had lived for 14 years, he spent the night at a friend's home in ...